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Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) Credit: Bill Tarpenning, USDA

We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this fortnight include a new species of Phytophthora detected in Germany and the USA, the first report of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens causing bacterial rot of onion in Korea, and molecular characterisation of a yellow vein mosaic virus infecting okra in India.

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• Phytophthora obscura sp. nov., a new species of the novel Phytophthora subclade 8d.
  Grünwald, N. J.; Werres, S.; Goss, E. M.; Taylor, C. R.; Fieland, V. J. (2012) Plant Pathology 61 (3) 610-622.
• Taxonomy of the genus Aetheomorpha Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Clytrini) from China, with description of five new species.
  Wang FengYan; Zhou HongZhang (2012) Journal of Natural History 46 (23/24) 1407-1440.
• First report of Phytophthora palmivora as a causal pathogen of citrus brown rot in Japan.
  Tashiro, N.; Uematsu, S.; Ide, Y.; Matsuzaki, M. (2012) Journal of General Plant Pathology 78 (3) 233-236.
• Fourteen new records of cercosporoids from Thailand.
  Phengsintham, P.; Chukeatirote, E.; McKenzie, E. H. C.; Moslem, M. A.; Hyde, K. D.; Braun, U. (2012) Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology 6 (1) 47-61.
• Aceria tulipae (Keifer, 1938) new record for the Turkish eriophyoid fauna.
  Deni̇zhan, E. (2012) Bitki Koruma Bülteni 52 (1) 119-122.
• Alaskan Ribes L. and Rubus L. plant species surveyed for viruses.
  Tanovic, B.; Quito-Avila, D. F.; Martin, R. R.; Tanovic, B. (2012) Acta Horticulturae 946, 237-242.
• Occurrence of bacterial rot of onion caused by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens in Korea.
  Hwang SunKyoung; Back ChangGi; Win NangKyuKyu; Kim MyungKyum; Kim HeeDae; Kang InKyu; Lee SangChul; Jung HeeYoung (2012) Journal of General Plant Pathology 78 (3) 227-232.
• First record of the leafhopper genus Sweta Viraktamath & Dietrich (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from China, with description of one new species feeding on bamboo.
  Yang Lin; Chen XiangSheng; Li ZiZhong (2012) ZooKeys 187, 35-43.
• Molecular characterization of distinct bipartite begomovirus infecting bhendi (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) in India.
  Venkataravanappa, V.; Reddy, C. N. L.; Salil Jalali; Reddy, M. K. (2012) Virus Genes 44 (3) 522-535.
• New record of Thrips palmi Karny 1925 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Iraq.
  Hamodi, A. A.; Abdul-Rssoul, M. S. (2012) Arab Journal of Plant Protection 30 (1) 142-144.

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